Shaun Costello
Known for: Directing
Born: January 1, 1944
Died: July 5, 2023
Place of birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Shaun Costello began directing for "loops" (10-minute scenes shown in coin-operated viewers in adult theaters) in NYC in the early 1970s, and soon was directing (and acting in) full porn movies and other grindhouse "roughies" shown in Times Square's 42nd Street adult theaters. Costello took work where he could get it, often working for the Mob, who owned many adult theaters and distribution, and working under different aliases for different theaters so that no one (at the time) knew that he was his own competition. Eventually moving on to a mainstream documentary career, Costello written and directed grindhouse movies - rough and violent and reflecting of their times - have seen a resurgence as the 2010's have seen these movies be remastered and re-released and often seen for the first time in decades. Anyone interested in the history of American porn or grindhouse/exploitation theater of the late 1960s and 1970s will likely have encountered Shaun Costello's work, often unknowingly due to his prolific use of aliases.
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Filmography
83 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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Hymns from the Abyss
2021
5.8
Popcorn
1991
NR
Writing for Time
1990
3.8
Enrapture
1990
5.7
Hot Dreams
1983
6.0
Heaven's Touch
19838.5
Double Pleasure
1982
10.0
Mistress Electra
1982
7.0
Pandora's Mirror
1981
10.0
Prisoner of Pleasure
1981
8.0
Beauty
1981
5.6
Dracula Exotica
1980
6.6
Afternoon Delights
1980
8.0
New York Construction Co.
1980
7.5
More Than Sisters
1979
6.6
Sunny
1979
8.0
The Two Lives of Jennifer
1979
6.5
Fiona on Fire
1978
7.0
Slave Of Pleasure
1978
3.7
A Taste of Bette
1978
5.5
Daughters of Discipline
1978
8.0
The Fire in Francesca
1977
8.3
Joy of Humiliation
1977
8.0
Cherry Hustlers
1977
5.3
Betrayed Teens
1977
7.0
Schoolgirl's Reunion
1977
7.0
Dirty Susan
1977
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The Dark Side of Danielle
1976
7.0
Tortured Woman
1976
5.5
Water Power
1976
10.0
That Lady from Rio
1976
9.0
French Schoolgirls
1976
7.5
The Fury in Alice
1976
5.5
Girl Scout Cookies
1976
6.5
Dominatrix Without Mercy
1976
10.0
The Story of Eloise
1976
8.0
Sensuous Fly Girls
1976
6.0
Midnight Desires
1976
9.0
The Untamed Vixens
1976
9.5
Venture Into the Bizzare
1976
7.5
The Summer of Suzanne
1976
7.3
She's No Angel
1976
6.5
The Travails of June
1976
7.5
Cheryl's Surrender
1975
8.0
Kathy's Graduation Present
1975
9.5
China Doll
1975
8.0
Baby Oil
1975
4.0
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
1975
7.0
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
1975
5.3
The Passions of Carol
1975
7.0
Two Senoritas
1975
8.0
Private Practice
1975
4.5
The School for Sexual Arts
1975
5.5
Sin of Lust
1975
10.0
Hotel Hooker
1975
9.0
The Joyriders
1975
7.0
The Love Bus
1974
8.0
Come Fly with Us
1974
10.0
Teenage Nurses
1974
7.0
Lady on the Couch
1974
5.0
Pen Pals
1974
9.0
Lip Service
1974
10.0
Maxines' Dating Service
1973
5.5
The Tycoon's Daughter
1973
10.0
Go Fly a Kite
1973
7.5
Honeymoon Suite
1973
9.0
Ozark Sex Fiend
1973
8.0
Sweet Sexteen
1973
6.5
Come and Be Purified
1973
9.0
Teachers and Cream
1973
10.0
Tina Makes a Deal
1973
8.0
Joe Rock Superstar
19738.0
Guess Who's Coming
1973
5.4
Forced Entry
1973
6.5
The Porn Brokers
1973
7.0
The Love Witch
1973
7.0
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia
197210.0
Selling It
1972
7.0
Hell's Kitten
1972
10.0
Love in the Rain
1971
6.5
The Magical Ring
1971
5.5
Feel
1971
8.0
Sensuous Vixens
1971